Revision of the actinopterygian genus Mimipiscis(= Mimia) from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia and the interrelationships of the early Actinopterygii

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-104

  Choo, Brian ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; fossil; Frasnian; Gondwana; ray finned fish

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DEVONIAN; FISH; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW GENUS; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACTINOPTERYGII; MIMIA;

EID: 84858737612     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691011011029     Document Type: Article

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